How The Las Vegas Sun Fought McCarthyism, Casinos, and Changed Nevada Politics

from Nevada Yesterdays · host Michael Green

June 21, 2025 marked a significant anniversary. On that day in 1950, Hank Greenspun took over a newspaper that became the Las Vegas Sun. Greenspun and the Sun have played a significant role in shaping our past and present.

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